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To: Arizona Carolyn
Look what he said about his new strange movie.

Gibson Inspired by 'Fear-Mongering' Bush

By WENN| Friday, May 12, 2006

Mel Gibson
HOLLYWOOD - Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on President George W. Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilization in his new film Apocalypto. The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present-day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys."

127 posted on 07/28/2006 11:26:38 PM PDT by processing please hold (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: pbrown

okay, so i'm cornfused. is he a liberal?


131 posted on 07/28/2006 11:27:44 PM PDT by The Red Zone
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To: pbrown

Oh damn!


159 posted on 07/28/2006 11:42:32 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: pbrown
Gibson reveals he used present-day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

As if the government doesn't? Real, trumped up, or imagined, this is a common tactic. Everything from gun control to secondhand smoke.

219 posted on 07/29/2006 2:43:46 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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